Brazos Bend State Park K-2992 CW Parks On The Air (POTA) activation

This was a CW, or Morse code, Parks On The Air or POTA activation of Brazos Bend State Park about 30 miles southwest of Houston. This state park is in a wetland area and has swamps with alligators in their natural habitat. This POTA activation took place in the day use area and, as expected, the day use facilities are well maintained and the park rangers are friendly.
For this activation I used the following portable equipment which fit in a small pouch and an ammo box:
- Xiegu G-90 transceiver transmitting at 20 Watts.
- Homebrew 15m Dipole antenna & the QRP Guys clone EFHW.
- Bioenno 12 Amp-Hr LiFePO4 battery.
- N6ARA Tiny Paddle CW key.
0:00 - Intro
1:45 - 15m Dipole setup
05:11 - CW ops with Dipole
19:59 - Swapping out dipole to EFHW
20:12 - CW ops with EFHW
27:07 - Wrap up the EFHW

[@DXJungle]

Excellent! Thank you for sharing.

[@kikiann3328]

Beautiful day for CW POTA

[@quantumradio]

It really was. And no 10 foot alligators came up to say hello!

[@kikiann3328]

@@quantumradio
🤣😂 you and those alligators.